Modernising Education in Technology Enhanced Learning (METEL): The Future Won't Wait. Can your education strategy keep pace?

The NHS has a 10-year plan. Delivering it depends on how we develop our workforce today.

Can you demonstrate how your education is making a difference?

Modernising Education in Technology Enhanced Learning (METEL) supports learners, educators and leaders to turn experience into stronger capabilities, higher-quality practice and measurable value, providing evidence of the return on investment in education. This includes developing the confidence and judgement to use AI-enhanced learning safely, inclusively and effectively.

METEL combines learning with an Experience Assessment: recognising existing experience while building the capabilities needed to modernise education. Development connects to real priorities, delivering care in communities, strengthening prevention and using digital technology and AI effectively. You build on what you know, apply modern approaches and demonstrate impact in practice.

There is no participation fee for learners or their organisations. Eligibility depends on evidence of experience appropriate to your chosen pathway.

Build the capabilities tomorrow's care needs

Across five connected learning pathways, METEL develops capabilities in lifelong learning, understanding how people learn and change, inclusive education, and the safe, effective use of digital and approved AI tools.

As health and care settings evolve at pace, learners and educators need confidence, relevant capabilities and evidence that their learning and educational practice make a difference. For educators and leaders, this evidence also helps guide investment, address workforce priorities and assess benefits against the time and resources invested.

A national approach to modernising education provides shared expectations while local priorities drive application. It reduces duplication, supports consistency and enables effective practice to spread across the NHS. Combined evidence from the pathways could generate national intelligence on learning needs, educator capability, digital and AI readiness, and the impact of educational investment - helping identify gaps and inequalities, understand what works in different settings and direct investment where it delivers the greatest benefit.

Find the pathway that matches your evidence

To be eligible, you must provide evidence of experience relevant to your chosen pathway, showing how you learn, support others or modernise education in your setting. You will build on this evidence throughout the pathway as you develop your capabilities, apply your learning and demonstrate your impact.

1. Learner - build foundations
   1. Recognise your strengths, develop confidence and take ownership of lifelong learning
2. Associate - apply modern approaches
   1. Strengthen learning and support others within your everyday role
3. Member - improve education
   1. Design, deliver and evaluate inclusive education, demonstrating its value in practice
4. Fellow - lead educational change
   1. Influence strategy, lead innovation and spread effective approaches beyond your own practice
5. Principal Fellow - shape and sustain impact
   1. Guide educational investment and assure quality, value and lasting impact across organisations or systems.

Start today, demonstrate the difference.

Bring a priority → build on experience → develop and apply capabilities → evidence impact → gain recognition.

Flexible learning and a peer community support your progress. Pathways 1–2 are self-paced; Pathways 3–5 use a hybrid approach. Recognition includes CPD credits and, on completion of Pathways 2–5, the option to apply for Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) accreditation.

Choose a priority that matters in your setting, agree the time and support needed, and apply your learning in the real world of work. Define success and gather evidence of how modernising education improves practice and creates value.

After completion, continue sharing effective approaches through the METEL Alumni community and explore further pathways as your experience grows.

The future won't wait. Explore the pathways, match your evidence and express your interest.

Launching in November 2026:

• Level 1: Learner/Student
• Level 2: Associate

Launching later in autumn 2026:

• Level 3: Member
• Level 4: Fellow
• Level 5: Principal Fellow

Take your next step with METEL

Want to find out more? Explore the METEL Programme and pathways on the Learning Hub.

Ready to express your interest? Expressions of interest are open for all levels. Complete the METEL Expression of Interest form.